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Last updated on Wednesday, April 4, 2018
(DAVIESS CO.) - A Loogootee woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to causing the fatal accident that resulted in the death of her mother.
According to Daviess County Superior Court records, 40-year-old Heather Christmas pleaded guilty Tuesday to one county o operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 percent or greater causing death in a negotiated plea deal.
She is facing a possible five years in jail. She will be sentenced on June 11 at 2:30 p.m.
Police say Heather Dawn Christmas, also known as Heather Carrico, was arrested after Daviess County Sheriff's Department received a call on February 16, 2017 around 8:30 p.m. reporting a vehicle was submerged in West Boggs Lake near County Road 1200 East, just south of St. Mary's Road.
When police arrived they found one person still inside the 2005 Ford Taurus and immediately entered the water and pulled 62-year-old Joyce D. Christmas, of Loogootee, out of the vehicle.
Joyce Christmas was rushed to Daviess Community Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Joyce was an employee of Buehler's Buy-Low grocery deli in Loogootee.
Police say Heather Christmas was driving the Ford Taurus north on County Road 1200 East when the car left the roadway, striking multiple cable barriers before going down an embankment and into West Boggs Lake.
Heather Christmas was able to get out of the vehicle.
Police say Heather Christmas had a blood-alcohol level of 0.25 percent following the accident.
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